Giving Thanks (in all cicumstances)

Because it is thanksgiving weekend, I thought I should write a blog dedicated to what I have been thankful over over the last little while. Sometimes it is so easy to get caught up in all the chaos and not so pleasent things in life, that you forget the good things that are right in front of you and things that are taken for granted. So, here is what I am thankful to God for over the last little while:
1. An amazing and very supportive family. It seems no matter what crazy idea i seem to think God is telling me to take on next, I have an awesome family who support me through it all and are also there to help me pick up the pieces if an idea doesn't turn out so great. Yes, my sisters and I don't always get along, but we still love each other. My summer at camp withn Alissa really helped our relationship a lot. I got to see a side of her that I had never seen before and just her love and desire to show kids how much Jesus loves them. It wasn't always easy for her to stick things through at camp and i admit, we gave her a very hard assignment one week. She did awesome through it all, and i'm so proud of her....can hardly wait until next summer....might have both my sisters at camp.
2. For the opportunity God gave me to be at camp this summer and to be streached in every single aspect in my life beyond what I thought was capable. It was 16 weeks of continous learning about myself and the Character of God. Believe me when i say when you don't think you can go on with things any further, God will pick you up and brush the dust off of you and tell you that you can keep going. Also very thankful for the people I met while at camp and the blessing they have been to me since camp ended.
3. This last year took me to England. I can not be thankful enough for the time I spent in Luton. A piece of me misses it and the people there every single day. All of you from England who read this, I want to say how much each of you have blessed me not just while I was there, but since I have been gone. I pray for you all regularly, and you are never far from my thoughts at any one point in time. We are all spread out now, but it doesn't mean that the friendship and care is any less. Keep pressing on where God has placed you for this time period in your life. God is going to work great things through you all. Love you loads.
4. Despite the rough start i have had to being back at U of M, I am thankful for the professors that I have and for the genuine care and concern they have shown for me and what I am doing with my academics. The opportunity to learn from brilliant minds is a gift and shouldn't be taken lightly.
5. Overall, just thankful to God for keeping me safe and despite the crohn's disease and bad knees, i am relatively healthy. I know it shouldn't take an official weekend to realise what I am thankful for (and believe me the list could be longer), but I wanted to say it properly for a change.
Blessings on all of you this thanksgiving weekend (no matter if you celebrate it canadian style, american style or like last year in england style)